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Immigration and border security is as fractious an issue now as it was in 2007 when the Bush amnesty bill crashed and burned.

The White House in pushing for an amnesty bill again is doing a crass political calculation that it will please some constituents at the pain of throwing more gasoline on the fire.

The White House has done nothing but feed the fuel of bitterness and division on this issue.

What advocates of fair and compassionate reforms ought to realize is that by Cheerleading for the administration and pressing for an amnesty that Americans have already rejected they make the prospects for sensible solutions being implemented even less.

Americans are not "know nothings."

They want to be fair and compassionate.

They also want the nation's laws enforced -- immigration laws, work place laws, and the ones that protect the rights and liberties of U.S. citizens.

Americans want employers to be able to get the employees they need to grow the economy and create more job.

They want safety and security.

What they don't want is playing politics their future...but that is exactly what they are getting.

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